The Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS) strongly condemns the attack of KFOR soldiers on a group of journalists that took place on Tuesday at the barricade near the village of Jagnjenica at the north of Kosovo. NUNS demands immediate investigation and explanation. According to media reports, on Tuesday around 16.00, KFOR soldiers fired rubber bullets – without being provoked and without giving any warning – at journalists from daily newspapers Press and Kurir and cameramen from Belgrade TV stations.
(NUNS, 01.12.2011, Danas, Alo!, Kurir, 02.12.2011)

The Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS) protests the use of force by KFOR soldiers against reporters from Serbian media outlets who have been performing their journalistic assignments in very difficult conditions in northern Kosovo. The UNS announcement says that "on Tuesday at 16.00, members of KFOR fired rubber bullets from the distance of 20 meters at a group of around ten reporters and cameramen from Serbian media outlets, although they must have been aware that they were journalists on assignment".
(Pravda, UNS, 01.12.2011)

We invite unemployed journalists to apply for free training courses of Access and PowerPoint that will be organized in December. The training will begin in the following ten days and each of them consists of 20 classes. Two classes will be held on each workday.
(UNS, 02.12.2011)

On the occasion of 130 years of existence of the Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS), our postal office has released on November 25 a postage stamp with a nominal value of 22 dinars. UNS was founded on December 22, 1881 in Belgrade under the name of Serbian Journalistic Society. It has changed names several times and its most recent name – the Journalists' Association of Serbia – has been in use since 1945. (Politika, UNS, 06.12.2011)

In their response to the letter written by the general director of Radio-Television Serbia (RTS) and published on bulletin boards of RTS, Committees of representative trade unions have reached the following conclusions: 1. The TV Fee Department of RTS has not achieved satisfactory results. 2. The Marketing Department of RTS should be more active. 3. We support and demand maximal cost-cutting in all segments and from all employees, except in relation to programme production, which should be in accordance with the reduction of costs. 4. We demand that the Management make every effort to increase performance and ensure improvement of the financial position and regular payment of all obligations toward the employees. 5. The described measures relating to legal and employment status of employees must be in accordance with the Law and approved by the trade union.
(UNS, 29.11.2011)

The Journalists' Union of Serbia protested on Monday against "the attack of the general director and editor-in-chief of Vecernje Novosti, Manojlo Vukotic, on the president of the Journalists' Union of Serbia and the trade union of Novosti, Dragana Cabarkapa". "In front of the editorial office, Vukotic attacked Cabarkapa, rudely insulted her and threatened to slap her. He later fined her under the excuse that she had failed to correctly perform her job. This kind of behavior of the director of the Novosti Company was caused by the statement written by the president of the Trade Union and published on the bulletin board. The statement said that the company's management was in the process of organizing its own, illegitimate trade union in order to have a 'partner' for the previously announced dismissal of surplus workers".
(E-novine, UNS, 07.12.2011)

The Republic Agency for Electronic Communication (RATEL) has informed the providers about the coming into force of the Law on Electronic Communication ("The Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia" No. 44/10) and subordinate legislation based on the Law, resulting in certain changes related to the procedure of technical examination of telecommunication networks, systems and equipment. More details are available on the website of RATEL.
(RATEL, 07.12.2011)

The South East Europe Media Organization has condemned the attacks on journalists in the north of Kosovo and called on KFOR and NATO to conduct investigation of the attacks. In its statement, SEEMO cites information received from the Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS) and the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS) according to which rubber bullets were fired on several journalists and cameramen while they reported on the conflict between KFOR and Serbs on the barricades in the north of Kosovo.
(Beta, Danas, NUNS, 02.12.2011)

SEEMO calls on the authorities in Vojvodina, northern Serbia, to protect journalists from political pressure. With general elections approaching in spring 2012, the Independent Journalists’ Association of Vojvodina (NDNV) has registered a growing number of journalists’ complaints regarding political pressure.
(SEEMO/IPI Press Release, 05.12.2011, Danas, UNS, NUNS, 07.12.2011)